Summing up Britain

[Andail]

My time here is coming to an end, as I today handed in my final 6000 words thesis. If anybody has any questions regarding mythological references in the poetry of Keats, just let me know.

Here's my top/bottom-five lists about Brighton.
top
1. Clubs. Just great and they are plenty. The music is usually ace.
2. Campus. Good teachers, seminars, lectures and tutors.
3. Pubs. You can play pool and darts and destroy your liver any day of the week.
4. Wheather. Not good anymore, but it was warm and nice during the winter/early spring. Now it's SHIT.
5. Clothes, shops. Nice cool shopping areas with lots of junk.

Bottom ten
1. House insulation. Heard of this? This is when you make sure there are no one-inch gaps between the window/door and the wall, to prevent sub-zero stormwinds from entering your home.
2. Carpets. I understand that this is to address the issue of terribly cold floors due to bad insulation. I'm talking these all-floor carpets which cover the floor in every damn room and have collected dust and dirt during the last two centuries.
3. Chav kids. They come out of the woodwork where I live. You see them in gangs, with hoods and sneakers and trainers, smooking, shouting. Everywhere are 17-year-old mothers with their poorly clothed kids and prams full of snacks and candy. Also, did you know that the funniest thing ever you can do is to scream in somebody's ear in order to scare them. This is the main occupation of white trash in Brighton. They just love to scream at you.
4. Limos. Limos are the shit in Brighton. They are ridiculously long, pink and probably very cheap. One thing you can be sure about is that they never contain any celebreties. Just chav kids, and they lean out through every window and whoop.
5. Buses. Campus-buses are rumoured to come by every 6:th minute, but since a) they manage to somehow come in groups, leaving great gaps in between, and anyway what good are three buses in a row? Only one is necessary, b) the drivers just LOVE to stop and chat every single time they spot another driver. I mean, busdrivers can hardly experience so much during a day to warrant a ten-minute conversation every darn stop.
Also, they drive to fast and wobble.

[Chrille]

What are you going to do after all this? Move back to Sweden or stay in Brighton?

Only a few weeks ago it jumped from freezing to like 20-25 C here but now it's gone down to 10-15 and it rains alot.

[LGM]

Brighton is for lovers!

[Pet Terry]

Also, they drive to fast and wobble.

Haha, I have spent only a few days in the UK during my lifetime, but I can confirm this fact, it's so true.

[Becky]

Hee, so true.  But disgusting carpets and lack of house insulation are more accommodation faults, rather than Britain-wide faults

Did you go into London much during your stay?  Also, I never came to visit you!

[m0ds]

True statements there, Andail! Sorry you had to endure the chavs!

[Squinky]

Chavs always seemed really similair to the us and its gangster wannabe's but I was told by Captain Mostly that they were even worse. Thats hard to believe, but if its true, you have my sympathy...

[Kweepa]

Ever heard of a vacuum cleaner?
Sounds like you had fun. Good stuff!

[Mr Jake]

Haha. Totally true.

Working in a shop, I get some respite against chavs... I get to ID them and eventually kick them out for shop lifting... Best bits about my job for sure

[m0ds]

Gobby 12 year olds that think they're 15 are definitely the worst. Good job on keeping them moderated, hotspot!

[Mr Jake]

Nah, the gobby 12 year olds who think they look old enough to buy beer are by far, FAR the best 

[Huw Dawson]

I like the way my mate drempt up to cause any Chav within 20 metres a heart attack.

"Your Burbury hat's fake." 

Also, go around with a video camera and take videos of them (with their faces as clear as possibe) harrasing people etc. Go to the police with the evidence and see how many ASBO's you can get given to them in one go. The record's about six so far. 

- Huw

[m0ds]

If that's true, Huw, I'm about to take up a new hobby!

[Becky]

Ever since my friend ended up in A&E due to the back of his head smashed in with a bottle, I've been a lot less inclined to annoy the local chav population.  The under 13 chavs are the more amusing than anything else though.

[vict0r]

What's wrong with these "people"?

[lo_res_man]

When I think of England, I think of four things, tea, rain, monty python, and a weird perception of distances.

[Pumaman]

1. House insulation. Heard of this? This is when you make sure there are no one-inch gaps between the window/door and the wall, to prevent sub-zero stormwinds from entering your home.

But I don't think you understand, Andail. In the UK we have a permanent summer, with temperatures never dipping below 20 C. If you didn't find this to be the case, perhaps you just weren't looking hard enough.

2. Carpets. I understand that this is to address the issue of terribly cold floors due to bad insulation. I'm talking these all-floor carpets which cover the floor in every damn room and have collected dust and dirt during the last two centuries.

But carpets allow us to sleep on the floor and still be relatively comfy!

3. Chav kids.

Hehe, no argument there.

Anyway, I second Chrille's question. How long have you got until your term ends, and have you decided where to live after that?

[Nikolas]

tea: hmmmm.
Rain: actually no (at least in the Greater London) I use the bike every day without a problem (almost)
Monty Pythons: Not on the telly, not for me... (I'd love to, but anyway I've seen everything back in Greece).
weird perception of distance: Why? 1 mile=1.7 km (approximately). 1 f=0.3m (apr.), 1 inch, I have no idea.



I actually love it in London! I really do! And I have repeated myslef already too many times

I don't knwo about chavs, but certainly Southall is occupied by smoking the illegal stuff people. Only! I mean even my children are high now with all the smoke coming from belllow

[Las Naranjas]

I think the wierd perception of distance relates to the fact that living in a tiny country where it nonetheless takes 2 hours to get to the next town, what a Brit considers to be a long way seems quite short to those in more land abundant homelands.

[Paper Carnival]

Bah I'm going to England for university in like two years, right after I finish the stupid army service. I knew there are chavs around, but I had no idea they took over the world :o.

I bet the Antichrist will be a chav